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^217h. Spilornis cheela malayensis* siibsj:). nov. \'2 Malay 



Baxh, Pahattg. "alt. 400 " ; June 28, 1903. Peninsula ; 

 W. H. ( 'raddoek, in coll. H. K. Swann] Sumatra. 

 [—S. bacha ; auct. plur.] 

 M^Jayan Serpent -Eagle. 



Slightly larger ; wing $ 15.50 ; darker gene- 

 rally (clove broA\ni) ; wing-coverts heavily 

 spotted with white, secondaries scarcely 

 tipped ; tail black with one broad pale median 

 band, the base dark broAvn ; throat, cheeks 

 and ear-coverts blackish ; chest uniform 

 clove brown, without verniiculations : under 

 wing-coverts usually blackish slate M'ith white 

 spots ; white s])ots below iri-egular and only 

 forming bars on under tail-coverts ; ]iriuiaries 

 below with 2 black bands besides terminal 

 one, coalescing on inner primaries, the white 

 areas much reduced. 

 217i. Spilornis cheela hido Horsf .. Tr. Linn. Soc, Java 

 xiii., p. 137 (1822). [Java, type in Br. Mus ] 

 Javan Serpent-Eagle. 



" Resembling 8. c. hido of Java, but Mith 

 more white on underside of wing quills and the 

 black not so well defined ; a rich uuiber brown 

 nape band formed by tips of black crest 

 feathers on lower edge of crest, having 

 conspicuous tips of that colour ; tail band 

 broader and purer A\'hite, not merely pale 

 brouia as in S. c. bido ; throat cpiite black." 

 217k. Sjnlornis cheela kinabaluensisW. ^c\a,t.,^u]\. Borneo (Mts. 

 B.O.C., xl., p. 37 (1919). [Mt. Kinabalu, Kinabalu & 

 tyiDe in B.M.] Dulit). 



J? Smaller ; length(^21 in. ; wing 14 in. ; much 

 paler brown above, especially on mng-co verts, 

 but bastard Aving consjijicuously black ; head 

 and crest jet black ; tail black, with median 

 band bro"\viaish white ; upper Aving-co verts 

 with spots of white ; under wing-coverts 

 rufous spotted with Avhite ; cheeks, ear- 

 coverts, chin and throat grey ; chest uniform 



* The name bacha cannot stand for Malayan birds. It was described 

 from Le Vaillant who claimed it as a S. African bird erroneously and it is 

 now impossible to say to what race it properly applies. Gnrney thought Le 

 Vaillant's plate more like the Malaccau bird, but considered the name would 

 be best discarded {Ibis, 1878, p. 100). In any case it is predated by bassus 

 Forster (1798), an equally doubtful name. 



